American Cyborg: Steel Warrior

"...throwback featuring rampaging cyborgs, a post-nuclear New York, and the last fetus on earth. Yummy. Nicole Hansen is Mary,..."

Jan. 7, 1994 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Inside Monkey Zetterland

"...Arquette, Sandra Bernhard, Sofia Coppola, Tate Donovan, Rupert Everett, Katherine Helmond, Bo Hopkins, Ricki Lake, Debi Mazar, Martha Plimpton..."

Nov. 19, 1993 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Night and Day

"...Londez, Thomas Langmann and Francois Negret. For Julie (Londez), there is little difference between night and day. She's in..."

Feb. 26, 1993 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Coachella

Where else can you see Iggy Pop & the Stooges back to back with Morrissey, Siouxsie & the Banshees, Belle & Sebastian, Bright Eyes, and Nine Inch Nails? Nowhere but in this rambling, celebratory documentary, which covers performances from all six years of the Coachella Music and Arts Festival and manages to catch the laid-back, slow-fi charm of the actual event.

"...or even like, or are somewhat curious about – the contemporary musical spectrum and you haven't yet attended the..."

Feb. 10, 2006 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Tamala 2010: A Punk Cat in Space

This new anime import marks a break with the Japanese traditions and invents a wholly original and kittenish appeal.

"...Directed by: TOL Collective. I’m tempted to call this the best film of the year so far based on..."

Sept. 26, 2003 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Rabbit-Proof Fence

Set in 1931 Australia and based on a true event, Noyce's film shows what three half-caste aboriginal girls experience when they escape the camp where they have been forcibly sent in order to become anglicized. The music is by Peter Gabriel.

"...tend to involve as many speeding vehicles as possible these days, and while Noyce’s film is clearly of the..."

Jan. 31, 2003 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Igby Goes Down

Black comedy about youthful unraveling while on lam from boarding school.

"...-- he goes way, way down, in one of the most glorious youthful unravelings since Benjamin Braddock crashed the..."

Sept. 20, 2002 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

That Old Revival Spirit

Testifying About Movies

"...Myra Breckinridge Video stores killed the revival houses. Video and the old movie channels on..."

June 13, 1997 Screens Feature

Luv Doc: Not a Planner

The Luv Doc talks about an OG social justice warrior from back in the day

"...I know this is not a huge, earth-shattering problem, but it has been bugging me for a..."

Nov. 9, 2018 Column

Carmina Burana/Hymn to the Earth

For its first concert of the 2002-03 season, Conspirare offered a striking premiere of Hymn to the Earth, by local composer Donald Grantham, then conductor Craig Hella Johnson led a gregarious and eager mob in a sing-along version of Carl Orff's popular Carmina Burana.

"...Carmina Burana/Hymn to the Earth: A Real Sharing of BreathRiverbend Centre,..."

Oct. 11, 2002 Arts Review by Robi Polgar

Chronolog Radio (Feb. 7)

An Olympian Austin Psych Fest and other reptilian sides

"...music rundown on SXSWfm, from a rickety bobsled at the top of Mount Bonnell...."

Feb. 7, 2014 Music Post by Chase Hoffberger

Texas Platters

Surfin' Senorita

"...Utter the words "Herb Alpert tribute compilation" too loud in my..."

March 5, 1999 Music Review

Austin's Political Ecosystem

Swearingen's Environmental City tells the inner history of city politics

"...Sometime in the 1950s, Janet Fish thought it would be nice to..."

April 23, 2010 News Feature by Nora Ankrum

New World Disorder

The World Trade Organization meeting in Seattle collapsed under its own weight.

"...The World Trade Organization slunk away from the riot-torn city..."

Dec. 31, 1999 News Feature by Monte Paulsen

Life A.D.

Former Austin Sun writer Bill Bentley says a prayer for Doug Sahm

"...I woke up the morning after Doug Sahm died to NPR's Morning Edition..."

Nov. 26, 1999 Music Feature by Bill Bentley

Chronolog Radio (April 4)

Play ‘Misty’ for me

"...There’s a reason we don’t take calls on the Chronolog..."

April 4, 2014 Music Post by Chase Hoffberger

Robert Faires' Top 10 Classical Music / Dance Treasures of 2016

The richest work in dance and classical music this year ran the gamut from a dance in a backyard pool to an opera about Cold War brainwashing

"...1) THE MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE (Austin Opera) The gamble of mounting a..."

Dec. 30, 2016 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Cinedigm Docurama Goes Global

'Vivan Las Antipodas' takes viewers to the ends of the Earth

"...Vivan Las Antipodas is the prettiest cultural documentary you've never seen...."

April 30, 2013 Screens Post by Monica Riese

A Decade in Austin Films

The city’s cinema, from indie visions to Oscar winners and international blockbusters

"...a film city, and don't let anyone tell you otherwise. Every year, dozens of local filmmakers produce features and..."

Dec. 27, 2019 Screens Feature by The Screens Staff

Fantastic Fest Review: Cold Hell

Austrian thriller features kickass heroine

"...In Vienna, a serial killer is on the loose. We are obliquely introduced to him over the..."

Sept. 25, 2017 Screens Post by Marjorie Baumgarten

DVDanger: A Dark Song

Director Liam Gavin on magic and loss

"...Stare into the abyss, and the abyss stares straight back at you...."

April 30, 2017 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

“Elizabeth Chiles and John Swanger: Lumens & Currents” at grayDUCK Gallery

This exhibition has a softness that’s seductive, but it also speaks to our timeless wonder at the workings of wildness

"...The softness of "Lumens & Currents" is its seduction, a..."

Jan. 6, 2017 Arts Review by Sam Anderson-Ramos

Alamo Drafthouse's Rolling Roadshow Returns

We're gonna need a bigger summer

"...you thought it was safe to go back into the water – because, you know, there isn’t any –..."

May 21, 2015 Screens Post by Marc Savlov

Women Who Steal

Austin Playhouse's revival takes this female comedy beyond Thelma-and-Louise territory

"...Larry L. King Theatre at Austin Playhouse, through Sept. 30..."

Sept. 7, 2007 Arts Review by Iris Brooks

Point Austin: Pointed Questions for 2006

When the Lege comes back to school, will they have done their homework?

"...Gov. Perry got the political New Year off to a (far) right start,..."

Jan. 13, 2006 News Column by Michael King

Among Us

The gypsy feet of playwright Ruth Margraff keep wandering back to Austin, and we're fortunate that they do

"...suspect that she is a vital voice in shaping the future of American theatre. She has a shy angel..."

May 7, 2004 Arts Feature by Cyndi Williams

Old Man River

Once an outlaw, always an outlaw: The Return of Steven Fromholz

"...Long before Lyle Lovett paid his respects by including them on 1998's Step Inside This House, "Texas Trilogy" stood..."

April 20, 2001 Music Feature by Andy Langer

Capitol Chronicle

Liberals blame Ralph Nader for Al Gore's defeat; media frenzy at the Governor's Mansion

"...As of this writing, the U.S. government still has no figurehead -- er, president-elect...."

Nov. 24, 2000 News Column by Michael King

Nothing Less Than Magical

Veterans of the Zilker Summer Musical recall enchantment on the hillside

"...two things: It'll be hotter than Beelzebub's armpit, and there will be a musical you can see for free..."

July 4, 2008 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...Crap by Any Other Name --..."

July 25, 2003 Column

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